Selenium and mercury molar ratios in saltwater fish from New Jersey: Individual and species variability complicate use in human health fish consumption advisories

Environmental Research

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-23

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Individual variation; Mercury; Selenium; Selenium:mercury ratios

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; SELENIUM;

BODY SIZE; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; NEW JERSEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859003226     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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